| ISBN |
9781761271625 paperback |
| Name |
Fourmile, Trevor, 1977- author. |
| Title |
Burinyi, the Great Barrier Reef / Trevor Fourmile. |
| Published |
Sandgate, Queensland : Knowledge Books and Software, 2023. |
| Description |
24 pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Notes |
Reading recovery level 12, word count 482. |
| Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Cover title. |
| Summary |
This Dreamtime story narrated by Trevor Fourmile, proud Yidinji man, tells of a special clan that lives by the ocean and hunts and fishes for their food. While out fishing one day, Gunya and his wife mistakenly spear Murujum, the sacred stingray. What happened afterward is their explanation of how an amazing natural wonder of the world was formed. |
| Subjects |
Torres Strait Islanders -- History |
| Indigenous people -- Australia -- History |
| Aboriginal Australians -- History |
| Natural history -- Australia |
| Mythology, Aboriginal Australian |
| Australia -- History |
| Genre |
Easy to read (yellow : starters) |
| First Nations |
| Added Corporate Names |
Knowledge Books and Software (Firm) issuing body. |
| Series |
History of the first Australians 82. |
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